Category: World

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomed his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong Ho, to Tehran on Tuesday. The meeting took place hours after the United States reintroduced sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Diplomatic relations between Iran and North Korea picked up following..

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said the Pentagon agrees with President Trump on viewing space as a possible battlefield. He added that the Pentagon is considering setting up a combatant command until the Space Force can be created. In 2000, Donald Rumsfeld led a congressionally..

China’s investment in the Padma Bridge project, that connects north and south of Bangladesh, has been a growing cause of concern for India. China’s Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road – ‘One Belt One Corridor’ focuses primarily on connecting and encouraging..

Japan’s household spending slid in June but real wages rose at their fastest pace in more than 21 years due to higher summer bonuses. This is a sign that the benefits of a prolonged economic recovery are broadening. Japan is a sovereign island country in East Asia..

Ahead of European Parliament elections in next May, Brussels is set to launch an EU-wide drive to combat voter manipulation through social media. The EU commission said that the parliamentary elections are subject to “fake news” and “cyberattacks.”

Ahead of the next parliamentary elections in December, the controversial jailing of PM Khaleda Zia and state persecution of dissent has raised fears that Bangladesh is moving towards an one-party state system. Modern Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation..

China gears up to launch the design of a cross-strait tunneling project that connects Taiwan with the mainland. It will be the world’s longest undersea railway tunnel. Taiwan, home to twenty-three million people, is an island off the southern coast of China that has been..

Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic ties with Canada and suspended new trade transactions after Canada’s foreign ministry urged the Kingdom to release arrested civil rights activists. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most powerful players of the Arab world. It is an oil dependent nation with the..

South Sudan’s government reached a power-sharing agreement with the country’s main rebel group on 5th August. Sudan was once one of the largest countries in Africa. It is also a region that is geographically diverse and is rich in resources such as petroleum, iron ore, copper, zinc, silver…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday announced US$300 million in funding for security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. This is in addition to America’s US$113 million economic initiatives unveiled at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum last week. The Indo-Pacific, sometimes known..